Children who have experienced complex trauma can display challenging behaviours that can be difficult to understand and manage. These behaviours often result from early developmental trauma, such as experiencing abuse and/or neglect within their primary attachment...
According to the World Health Organisation, one in four people will be affected by mental health problems or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. However, globally, men are three times more likely to die by suicide than women. In fact, of the 5,583...
Emotional-based school avoidance is on the increase. The latest Government statistics show that the percentage of ‘persistent absentees’ (missing 50% of schooling) has increased every year from 2015/2016 to 2020/2021. In primary schools, there was a 0.4% increase to...
Book Recommendation: ‘DBT skills workbook for teens: a fun guide to manage anxiety and stress, understand your emotions and learn effective communication skills’ By Teen Thrive: Foreword by Kristen Dahlin, DBT psychologist. History of DBT Dialectical...
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio (pexels.com) EMDR and PTSD Research from King’s College London (2019)1 found that 31% of young people in England and Wales had experienced a traumatic experience during their childhood. In addition, those exposed to trauma were...
It was about 10 years ago when I first heard, in passing, of a new therapy for psychological trauma which sounded more than a little strange. As far as I could understand, the main principles were that you waggled your fingers in front of your client’s face...